A to Z of waste and recycling

See other facilities.

• Donate to charity. Make sure donated clothing and shoes are in excellent condition, clean and not stained.
• Sell or give them away by posting them to:
  • Facebook Marketplace 
  • Banyule and Nillumbik Buy Swap and Sell on Facebook
  • Warrandyte Secondhand on Facebook
  • Hurstbridge Free Goods on Facebook
  • Depop - for secondhand fashion
  • Ebay
• Recycle via RCYCLor Upparel. Both Australian businesses accepting clothes and other textiles. Check websites for items accepted.
• Other recycling options include Zara and H&M Group.
• Find a recycling location for shoes via Tread Lightly.
• Find a Southern Cross Recycling clothing bin.
• Find a textile recycling location via RecylingNearYou.

See also Sporting equipment.

• Donate to charity.
• Dispose of in your red landfill bin.
• Include wire hangers in a metal recycling load at our Recycling Centre.
• All coat hangers should not be placed in the recycling bin as they are not sorted correctly.

Coffee cups (disposable)

• Dispose of in your red landfill bin.
• Recycle cups through Simply Cups.
• Coffee cups labelled 'biodegradable' or 'compostable' may decompose in your home compost bin but should not be included in your green waste bin as they do not break down quickly enough.

Standard disposable coffee cups are made from paper, lined with plastic, also known at liquid paperboard. Currently, recycling liquid paperboard isn’t very effective through the yellow recycling bin and is classed as contamination. 

See also: Cartons

Coffee cup lids

Dispose of in your red landfill bin. 

Takeaway cup lids are usually made of hard polystyrene (triangle code 6) or a compostable plastic. Both types are not suitable for the kerbside recycling or green waste bin.

Coffee jars

• Donate to charity.
• Recycle in your yellow recycling bin.

Coffee granules 

• Recycle in your green waste bin.
• Put in your home compost.

Coffee pods or capsules

• Dispose of in your red landfill bin.
• Recycle via coffee pod suppliers. Visit the Planet Ark website for suppliers.
• Recycle via TerraCycle.

Also check individual brand websites for information on disposal options.

Cups and containers labelled 'compostable' or 'biodegradable'.

• Contact the individual brand for advice on home composting or commercial composting options.
• Dispose of in your red landfill bin.

The composting facility that accepts Nillumbik's kerbside green waste does not accept compostable or biodegradable packaging as this material does not break down quick enough and reduces the quality of the compost created.

For information about coffee cups, see: Coffee cups and pods.

Computer equipment includes laptops, tablets, monitors, keyboards, mouses, printers, speakers, printer cartridges, disk drives, fax machines and scanners.

• Recycle at our Recycling Centre.
• Recycle at our small e-waste drop off points.
• Book a hard waste collection.

Make sure you wipe your personal data like personal details, emails, photos and downloads.

Find out how to dispose of cords and cables. 

See other facilities.

All cement and concrete items including tiles and sheets are not accepted at the Recycle Centre in Plenty. 

Soaked in paper

• Dispose of in your red landfill bin. 
• Put in your home compost.

Poured into a container

Dispose of in your red landfill bin.

For large amounts, see ReycleNearYou.

If unusable dispose of in your red landfill bin.

• Recycle at our small e-waste drop off points.
• Recycle at our Recycling Centre.
• Book a hard waste collection.